Popular Post TownerFan 4,983 Posted February 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 18, 2022 Quote This special concert performance of Fiddler on the Roof features the Grand Rapids Symphony performing the first live performances of John Williams’s orchestral arrangement of the movie score, which premiered over 50 years ago. After the Hill Auditorium debut, the production travels to Philadelphia, where The Philadelphia Orchestra will perform it three times at the Kimmel Center as part of a multi-faceted creative partnership with UMS. https://ums.org/performance/fiddler-on-the-roof-in-concert This is very cool! Holko, Fabulin, KittBash and 8 others 9 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-8 3,461 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 That's the story of a live orchestra trying to sync to pre-recorded voice-only singings for two hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,306 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 That video with JW talking is great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMusicMaestro 33 Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 16 hours ago, Bespin said: That's the story of a live orchestra trying to sync to pre-recorded voice-only singings for two hours. No, it is not. It is a concertante performance with singers/actors. The orchestra will perform John's orchestrations instead of the original ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 The stage play with all the decor? With live actors on stage, or the orchestra on stage? That's not clear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,983 Posted February 20, 2022 Author Share Posted February 20, 2022 It says “lightly staged performance”, so it means likely a concert-like performance with orchestra and singers together on the stage with perhaps the main singers in costume and some scenery/projections in the background. Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 The best way to see a musical live actually. I always care about the music first and foremost, so concert presentations are ideal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Anyway, just by listening to the original Fiddler on the Roof album (1967), or even to the 3rd CD of the new expansion, we can really hear what JW brought to the musical universe of this play. A little less of "broadway", a little more of jewish "flavour"... a pinch of virtuosity and an overall good taste... In concert, I must admit that it will sound great... I'll purchase the Blu-ray ;-) TownerFan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,306 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 In tandem with the movie's live to projection concerts happening, this staged version is continuing on as well: https://pittsburghsymphony.org/production/84655/fiddler-on-the-roof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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